at this date contained 400 inhabitants. Their wall was 108 rods
square 12 feet high seven feet ^height^ of which was built. It was 6 feet
thick at the bottom and two and a half feet thick at the top with four
gates. The wall was made of earth. Parawan contained
eighty dwellings some of which were two stories high and the houses
good ones. Their meeting house was 48 by 22 feet with two
^Ells^ 16 feet square 2 stories high 3 rooms above and one finished
for prayer circle. There was a school-house 22 by 18 feet
one grist mill 35 by 30 on the ground three stories high. The
mill was at work and belonged to George A. Smith ^and J C L Smith.^ Their were
a shash and chair factory machine shop and three ^two^ blacksmiths
shops. Their public square was 10 acres; a liberty pole
87 feet. There was one man school with 120 scholars
Their big field contained 1120 acres enclosed with a good fence
John C L. Smith was President and Tarlton Lewis Bishop
We left Parawan on the and reached Filmore on the morning of the where we held meeting and
then rode 24 miles to Lake Valley. The missionaries destined
to the White Mountains under the Presidency of Bishop Evans
arrived in our camp
at this date contained 400 inhabitants. Their wall was 108 rods
square 12 feet high seven feet height of which was built. It was 6 feet
thick at the bottom and two and a half feet thick at the top with four
gates. The wall was made of earth. Parawan contained
eighty dwellings some of which were two stories high and the houses
good ones. Their meeting house was 48 by 22 feet with two
Ells 16 feet square 2 stories high 3 rooms above and one finished
for prayer circle. There was a school-house 22 by 18 feet
one grist mill 35 by 30 on the ground three stories high. The
mill was at work and belonged to George A. Smith and J C L Smith. Their were
a shash and chair factory machine shop and two blacksmiths
shops. Their public square was 10 acres; a liberty pole
87 feet. There was one man school with 120 scholars
Their big field contained 1120 acres enclosed with a good fence
John C L. Smith was President and Tarlton Lewis Bishop
We left Parawan on the and reached
Filmore on the morning of the where we held meeting and
then rode 24 miles to Lake Valley. The missionaries destined
to the White Mountains under the Presidency of Bishop Evans
arrived in our camp